BOSTON — The office manager of a sober house in Attleboro was charged on Monday with possessing child pornography.

Michael Paterson, 53, was charged via a criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. Paterson remains in custody and is scheduled for a probable cause detention hearing on Friday in the U.S. District Court in Worcester.

The criminal complaint alleged that Paterson was observed viewing child pornography by a resident of the sober house on two occasions. A search warrant was executed at the residence and uncovered multiple computers, CPU units, hard drives, thumb drives, CDs, DVDs, and printers containing pictures of children being sexually exploited.

Additionally, a lock-box containing a black stun gun and $71,502 was seized. A second search warrant was executed on Paterson’s car and multiple computer storage devices, printed images of children being sexually exploited, and $1,500 was recovered.